With another season come and gone, thought I’d reflect back on some issues we discussed at the end of last season and the beginning of this year. At the end of last season Cherokee was thinking of replacing head coach Mike Sullivan, but at the last minute decided not to make a change. And not only was it the right move, Cherokee went on to win the league championship and made the semi-finals of the Flyers Cup. As Mike would tell you, he’s got a good staff with Scott McKay and Steve Monaghan, and the kids bought into the system. There can’t be any grumblings from the board on this season, good job coaches!!

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Once again SJIceHockey.com is pleased to announce our annual award recipients. This year there seemed to be more balance throughout the league and with the playoffs upon us we could be in for a few surprises. Listed below are the 2010-2011 winners:

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Steven Petitte tied the score with thirty four seconds left, and then scored the game winner in overtime as Holy Cross rallied to defeat Cherry Hill East 5-4 in playoff action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. With the loss Cherry Hill East is eliminated from the tournament. East led 2-1 after the first period on goals by Matthew Tarnopol and Dan Desrochers, after Chris Burns had given Holy Cross an early 1-0 advantage. Holy Cross tied the score early in the second period as Matt Gausel scored his first of the playoffs. With Ben Tice playing strong in goal for East, he faced 41 shots; East came back and scored twice in a three minute span.

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Ben Basalma had a hat trick as Washington Township defeated Cherry Hill East 8-3 in a playoff opener for Township at Hollydell ice rink. East was coming off an opening round win against Lenape and will now go into the losers’ bracket. Eddie Sarin and Garrett Quinn added two goals for the top seeded Minutemen. The teams were tied after the first period as Sarin and Dan Desrochers traded goals and Ben Tice stopped 12 of the 13 shots he faced.

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With the second season upon us the SJHSIHL begins it’s double elimination tournament on Monday so we thought we would break down to see exactly who is peaking and who is struggling. Let’s begin with the Eastern Vikings. Tough year for Mike Pontonio to come out of retirement having coached teams in the past to multiple championships, the Vikings did not win a game this season, but in speaking to Coach Pontonio it was not for lack of effort. Don’t see Eastern advancing.

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In the third annual Junior-Senior Showcase game in the SJHSIHL held at the Skate Zone in Voorhees the North came back from a 3-0 deficit and beat the South 9-5. Vincent Tascione led the North with a goal and four assists and Tyler Pedersen added two goals. Jonathan Ruiz and Jared Hand led the South with two goals each. Tascione was voted the MVP for the game.

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The SJHSIHL has released the roster for the Junior-Senior Showcase game to be played on Friday, January 28th at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Game time is 8:05PM. North Squad will be the home team and wear white and coached by Mike Sullivan of Cherokee. The South will be in the dark jerseys and coached by Mike Glick of Washington Township. We congratulate this year’s selection and look forward to another exciting contest. Here are the nominees for the North and South All-Stars...

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The SJHSIHL has released the nominees for the Junior-Senior Showcase game to be played on Friday, January 28th at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Each team was asked to nominate 3-4 players with a minimum of 2 players selected from every team. Here are the nominees for the North and South All-Stars…

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Robert Willwerth had three goals and three assists and Vince Tascione added a hat trick as Shawnee breezed to an 11-3 win over Cherry Hill East in action played at Hollydell on Friday night. The game was originally scheduled at Voorhees for 9:30 but the league moved the Township-Clearview game to that slot and forcibly requested that East-Shawnee play at Hollydell. Unfortunately for East there was a school function and most of the team would have made the 9:30 time, but with the move only 8 players were available.

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Ben Tice stopped 34 shots, including 16 in the third period as Cherry Hill East held off Lenape 4-3 in action played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Lenape scored the lone goal of the opening period with Dan Blash notching his first of the season. East tied the game at 1-1 at the ten minute mark of the second period with Jake Soloway getting his first varsity goal. Less than three minutes later Tyler Caton gave East the lead for good with Eric Simone getting the assist and after two periods East led 2-1.

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Cherokee fired 41 shots at East goalie Ben Tice and managed to get four past him as the Chiefs defeated Cherry Hill East 4-2 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Leading just 1-0 after the first period on a goal by John Quinlan, his first of the season, the Chiefs made it 2-0 as Casey Forte scored at the nine minute mark. Tice kept the Chiefs off the board earlier in the period as they had consecutive power plays and failed to score.

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Jacob Distasio scored twice and Kyle Parks had a goal and two assists as Williamstown rallied to beat Cherry Hill East 7-4 in a SJHSIHL game played at Hollydell. Jonathan Ruiz also scored two goals for the Braves. After a scoreless first period the teams combined for seven goals in the second period. East jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Jared Hand and Dan Desrochers just over two minutes into the second period.

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Eric Simone had a goal and three assists and Jared Hand scored twice as Cherry Hill East defeated Clearview 4-2 at the Skate Zone in Voorhees on Monday evening. After a scoreless first period, Kyle Montgomery scored an early goal in the second period to give Clearview a 1-0 lead. Less than two minutes later Simone tied the score at 1-1 with Tyler Caton getting the assist.

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Ben Basalma had three goals and Justin Cogbill added two as Washington Township used a four goal second period to breeze past Cherry Hill East 7-1 in a game played at the Skate Zone in Voorhees. Basalma opened the scoring just over one minute into the game, scoring on the power play to give Township a quick 1-0 advantage. Township had their offense clicking in the opening period as they launched 15 shots at East goalie Mike Tice. With Basalma in the penalty box, East had a chance to tie the game at the nine minute mark, but Justin Cogbill would score short-handed to give Township a 2-0 lead.

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Ben Tice stopped all 32 shots and Eric Simone scored two goals as Cherry Hill East got their first win of the season in defeating Clearview 5-0. East jumped out early as Sam Kaufman converted on a feed from Simone just three minutes into the game, scoring from down low on the short side. Clearview had a chance to tie the game late in the period as they were on the power play, but Tyler Caton, set-up behind the net found Simone in front and his shot went through the five-hole and East led 2-0 heading into the second period.

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Dan Desrochers scored his second power play goal of the game with less than five minutes left in the game as Cherry Hill East rallied to tie Holy Cross 3-3. After a scoreless first period both teams found the net in the second period as they combined to score five goals, with three coming on the power play. John Silverio put Holy Cross ahead 1-0 finishing off a play with assists to Chris Burns and Charles Quigley. Desrochers would get his first goal to tie the score at 1-1 with Eric Simone getting the lone assist.

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